Subject : 2.6.28-rc2: System doesn't restart Submitter : Thomas Meyer <thomas@m3y3r.de> Date : 2008-10-30 20:35 References : http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=122539897518110&w=4 This entry is being used for tracking a regression from 2.6.27. Please don't close it until the problem is fixed in the mainline.
Reply-To: simon@fire.lp0.eu On 02/11/08 20:30, Michael B. Trausch wrote: > I started testing 2.6.28 with -rc1 on my system (x86-64, AMD Phenom > 9500 Quad Core CPU) and found that I was unable to reboot, though I was > able to with the Ubuntu-provided 2.6.27 kernel. I have found that a > commit on 17-Oct-2008 (commit 8fd145917fb62368a9b80db59562c20576238f5a) > is responsible for this failure to reboot. Reversing this single change > on my local kernel (current git tree plus this patch) has enabled me to > reboot again. > > System board information is attached in the hopes that it will be found > helpful; if any other information is necessary please let me know. > > The patch that reverts this change is attached, with stat: > > drivers/acpi/reboot.c | 25 +++---------------------- > 1 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 22 deletions(-) I'm having the same problem and reverting this commit fixes it too.
In that case, this looks like a duplicate of Bug #11942.
*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 11942 ***